•364 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



arehed, apex rounded, termen slightly bowed, rather strongly oblique; 

 white or grey; cilia eoneolorous. Hindwings with termen rounded; colour as 

 forewings. 



?. 45-58 mm. Differs in having thorax always fuscous or blackish, except 

 outer half of patagia which is white or grey. Abdomen white or blackish; tuft 

 pale-ochreous or fuscous. 



Though my material is scanty, it is sufficient to show the presence of geo- 

 graphical variation. Queensland d examples are wholly white; those from 

 Hobart gi-ey with blackish abdomen and centre of thorax; in Gisborne both forms 

 occur, and also intermediates. 



N. Qland : Cairns, Herberton, Townsville; Qland: Nambour, Brisbane, Mt. 

 Tambourine, 'I'oowoomba; N.S.W. : Sydney, Bulli; Vict.: Melbourne, Gisborne, 

 Bairnsdale, Birchip ; Tas. : Launceston, Hobart ; S. Aust. : Mt. Gambler, Ade- 

 laide, Mt. Lofty, Waterloo, Wolseley ; W. Aust. : Perth. 



Gen. 2. Axiocleta. 



Axiocleta, Turn., Ann. Qland. Mus., x., 1911, p. 133. 



Palpi small but distinct. Patagia long, reaching beyond thorax. Abdominal 

 tuft in <S short. Tibial spurs long; posterior tibiae with both middle and ter- 

 minal spurs. Forewings with 5 from middle of cell, 6 from upper angle, 7, 8, 

 9, 10 stalked, areole absent. Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate, 5 from slightly 

 above middle, 6 and 7 stalked, 12 approximated to cell at about one-fourth, 

 thence diverging. 



Only the one species is known. 



2. Axiocleta perisema. 



Axiocleta perisema, Turn., Ann. Qland. Mus., x., 1911, p. 134. 

 N. Qland : Herberton. 



Gen. 3. E p I c II a. 



Epicoma, Hb., Verz., p. 160. 



Palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae without middle spurs. Forewings with 5 

 from middle of cell, 6 from upper angle, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, or 10 absent, no 

 areole, 11 usually from shortly before end of cell, rarely from three-fourths. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate, 5 from middle of cell, 6 and 7 stalked, 12 

 approximated to cell from one-fourth nearly or quite to its end. 



Type, E. tristis Lew. 



A genus of some size. The species are closely similar and need careful 

 discrimination, especially as several present sexual differences and varietal forms. 

 The Western Australian species are still imperfectly known. 



1. Forewing with discal spot 2. 



Forewing without discal spot H- 



2. Discal spot wholly blackish 3. 



Discal spot not wholly blackish 6. 



3. Thorax blackish 4. 



Thorax white 5. 



4. Forewing without terminal spots ■ ■ melanospila. 



Forewing with a series of whitish-ochreous spots asbolina. 



5. Hindwing without spots signata. 



Hindwing with fuscous discal dot and a subterminal series of 



white spots barythna. 



